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US recovering balloon debris, won't return to China: White House 06 Feb 2023 - 10:26 pm
John Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, answers questions during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, US, January 25, 2023. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
Georgian court rejects ailing ex-leader Saakashvili's bid to leave jail 06 Feb 2023 - 10:24 pm
Supporters of Georgia's detained ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili rally outside the Tbilisi City Court on February 6, 2023. - A Georgian court on February 6 rejected ailing ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili's bid to get a six-year sentence for alleged abuse of office deferred over poor health.  (Photo by Vano SHLAMOV / AFP)
Russia's Lavrov to visit Mali in sign of deepening ties 06 Feb 2023 - 10:21 pm
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shakes hands with Mali's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdoulaye Diop during a news conference, in Moscow, Russia, May 20, 2022. (Yuri Kadobnov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)
UAE pledges $13 million in aid to quake-hit Syria 06 Feb 2023 - 09:46 pm
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad with the UAE's Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum during the Syrian president's visit to the UAE on March 18, 2022. File photo /Syrian Presidency Facebook page/AFP
Thai cadets break world record with mass martial arts ritual 06 Feb 2023 - 09:34 pm
Muay Thai fighters perform the traditional Wai Kru ceremony during a festival for the Thai martial art in Rajabhakti Park in Hua Hin on February 6, 2023, as some 3,360 exponents gathered in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people taking part in the Wai Kru ritual at once. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
China's Xi sends condolences to Turkey, Syria over deadly quake 06 Feb 2023 - 09:31 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Noel CELIS AFP/File
Brazil deploys police as miners flee Yanomami territory 06 Feb 2023 - 09:24 pm
Brazil's Minister of Justice Flávio Dino.
WHO says quake toll liable to rise significantly 06 Feb 2023 - 09:17 pm
Rescue workers and volunteers pull out a survivor from the rubble in Diyarbakir on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. (Photo by ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP)
Five Argentine rugby players sentenced to life for shocking murder 06 Feb 2023 - 09:16 pm
Defendants accused of the murder of Fernando Baez Sosa Ciro Pertossi (front, L), Matias Benicelli (front, 2-L), Blas Cinalli (front, 2-R), Lucas Pertossi (front, R), Ayrton Viollaz (back, L), Maximo Thomsen (back, 2-L), Enzo Comelli (back, 2-R) and Luciano Pertossi (back, R) hear their sentence at the court in Dolores, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, on February 6, 2023. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)
Greek PM calls Turkish president to offer 'immediate' aid 06 Feb 2023 - 08:52 pm
Members of the Disaster Response Special Unit who will fly to Turkey to help in the aftermath of an earthquake, board a Hellenic Air Force C-130, before departing from the military airport of Elefsina, Greece, February 6, 2023. (REUTERS/Louiza Vradi)
Pakistan unblocks Wikipedia as PM overturns regulator’s order 06 Feb 2023 - 08:48 pm
File photo of Wikipedia. (Photo: AFP/Lionel BONAVENTURE)
All football matches in Turkiye called off after earthquake 06 Feb 2023 - 08:24 pm
Rescue workers and volunteers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building, in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast. (Photo by REMI BANET / AFP)
French parliament debates pension reform as new strike looms 06 Feb 2023 - 08:13 pm
French National Assembly president Yael Braun-Pivet chairs the debate regarding the draft law on pension system reform at the National Assembly in Paris, on February 6, 2023. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP)
Wagner boss claims to be on fighter jet bombing Bakhmut 06 Feb 2023 - 08:01 pm
Orthodox Christians leave after the Sunday prayer at the Church of All Saints as sounds and vibrations of shelling continue in Bakhmut on February 5, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP)
Protesters in DR Congo's Goma denounce East African military force 06 Feb 2023 - 07:41 pm
Congolese demonstrators attend a protest against the East African Community (EAC), which set up a regional military force last year to end rebel-driven unrest, in Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo on February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Djaffar Sabiti
Biden 'deeply saddened' by Turkiye, Syria quake; pledges US aid 06 Feb 2023 - 07:18 pm
Rescue workers and volunteers conduct search and rescue operations in the rubble of a collasped building, in Diyarbakir on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. (Photo by ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP)
Nigerian senator's organ harvesting trial starts in UK 06 Feb 2023 - 07:04 pm
Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of Nigeria's former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, leaves the Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court, in London on January 31, 2023. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP)
Quake kills over 2,300 in Turkiye, Syria 06 Feb 2023 - 06:54 pm
A woman reacts as rescuers search for survivors through the rubble of collapsed buildings in Adana, on February 6, 2023. Photo by Can EROK / AFP